Paul,

Last year we recorded structures at US Coast Guard Loran Station Jupiter
Inlet, Hobe Sound, Martin County, Florida, related to the decommissioning of
the station.  The Florida SHPO had already expressed the opinion that the
station did not meet the criteria for listing on the NRHP, but requested
that the buildings/structures be recorded; no archaeological testing was
requested. The field visit was completed in August 2010.  

Loran Station Jupiter Inlet was originally established in 1957 in Martin
County, FL, but was moved 3 or 4 miles north to its current location in
1962.  The station transmitted LORAN-A and C from its original location from
1957 to 1962, and at its current location LORAN-A from 1962 to 1980 and
LORAN-C from 1962 to 2010.  As part of the LORAN-A system Jupiter Inlet was
paired with Folly Beach (SC) and San Salvador and South Caicos in the
Bahamas.  Loran Station Jupiter Inlet was part of the Coast Guard's first
LORAN-C chain, with Caroline Beach (NC) and Martha's Vineyard (MA); the
station ceased LORAN-C transmissions in February 2010.  At the time of our
field visit in August 2010, Loran Station Jupiter Inlet, Hobe Sound
consisted of six structures, only two of which were original to the 1962
construction; the original barracks building is no longer present.  The two
remaining 1962 structures were the operations building and the 625-foot
guyed antenna tower.  

Given the (relatively recent) age of the system, the low number of stations
ever built, and the dispersal of the stations over very broad geographic and
political boundaries, it probably isn't surprising that information about
documentation and eligibility determinations is scarce.  Like I said above,
the SHPO had already made a determination before we were asked to complete
state site file forms for the station, which had not reached 50 years in
age.  The Programmatic EIS for the LORAN-C program is online and has some
information you may find useful:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/loran/geninfo/PEIS/LORAN_Final_PEIS.pdf.  

Hope this helps!

Lucy

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Paul (Chapel Hill,NC-US)
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Subject: [HISTARCH] LORAN stations

Folks -

I'd be interested in any information anyone can share concerning
documentation and eligibility determinations for LORAN station facilities,
either along the Atlantic Coast or elsewhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LORAN

Thanks...

Paul